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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2023-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Feb 9

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Feb 2Feb 9Feb 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,198 head

▲ 1,082 vs last sale 1,116▼ 2,213 vs year ago 4,411 · −50.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

157 head

▼ 95 vs last sale 252▼ 265 vs year ago 422 · −62.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

17 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 12▼ 100 vs year ago 117 · −85.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 975 lb sold steady to 3.00 higher. Steer calves 400 lb to 700 lb sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400 lb to 950 lb sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $194.34/cwt on 1,233 head.

Average price

$194.34

1,233 head · 730 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,418

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$21.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.76

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	730	196.48	1,434	1,109
Medium and Large 1-2	731	175.26	1,281	124

One grade step is worth $21.21/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,233 hd

194.34

—

KS average4 barns · 5,799 hd

200.10

−5.76

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,502	102.45	1,538	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,297	84.51	1,096	106
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,190	77.30	920	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,453	63.23	919	2thin

Every lot

87 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock - Pratt, KS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	278	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	734	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	340	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	870	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	350	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	802	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	353	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	893	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	371	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	965	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	405	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,029	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	440	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,091	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,069	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	460	231.54/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,065	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	209.53/cwt	208.00–211.00	974	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	473	241.99/cwt	235.00–244.50	1,145	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	514	238.67/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,227	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	523	239.24/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,251	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	224.19/cwt	212.00–225.75	1,199	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	172.61/cwt	170.50–184.00	929	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	212.42/cwt	207.00–217.00	1,217	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	576	224.80/cwt	224.00–225.00	1,295	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	589	194.34/cwt	184.00–196.00	1,145	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	590	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,263	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	618	210.75/cwt	210.75–210.75	1,302	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	196.37/cwt	194.00–197.75	1,237	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	637	182.61/cwt	181.00–185.00	1,163	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	188.34/cwt	185.75–196.00	1,251	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	670	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,337	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	686	175.00/cwt	168.00–182.00	1,201	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	705	194.92/cwt	193.00–196.00	1,374	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	707	177.79/cwt	175.00–178.00	1,257	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	186.95/cwt	180.00–190.50	1,357	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	779	172.81/cwt	167.00–173.25	1,346	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	185.55/cwt	180.00–189.00	1,453	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	794	192.44/cwt	192.00–193.00	1,528	117
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	820	186.25/cwt	186.25–186.25	1,527	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	173.41/cwt	169.00–177.25	1,443	114
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	834	170.64/cwt	169.00–175.00	1,423	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	869	178.49/cwt	168.50–179.00	1,551	124
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	871	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,455	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,508	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	935	174.69/cwt	167.00–175.00	1,633	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	985	171.28/cwt	166.00–173.25	1,687	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	254	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	594	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	196.11/cwt	192.50–200.00	643	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	341	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	760	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	365	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	796	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	799	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	395	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	822	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	416	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	857	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	198.17/cwt	195.00–202.00	850	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	442	207.14/cwt	207.00–208.00	916	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	193.95/cwt	191.00–196.00	931	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	491	198.70/cwt	196.50–202.50	976	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	892	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	505	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	997	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	190.08/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,011	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	823	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	535	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,049	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	570	195.03/cwt	193.50–196.00	1,112	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	186.88/cwt	181.00–191.50	1,065	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	178.97/cwt	176.00–180.50	1,031	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	626	184.75/cwt	184.75–184.75	1,157	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	180.10/cwt	176.00–181.50	1,142	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,014	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	656	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,207	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	181.29/cwt	173.00–182.50	1,213	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	169.91/cwt	169.00–170.00	1,177	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	711	166.43/cwt	163.00–168.00	1,183	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	174.93/cwt	174.25–176.00	1,361	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	160.98/cwt	158.00–164.00	1,252	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	168.62/cwt	166.00–170.50	1,405	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	872	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,177	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	881	163.78/cwt	161.00–165.00	1,443	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	929	147.95/cwt	147.00–148.50	1,374	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	941	155.93/cwt	153.00–158.00	1,467	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,441	1
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,025	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,384	1
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,080	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,642	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	580	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,027	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	697	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,171	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	795	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,328	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	823	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,309	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,372	95.63/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,312	3
Bulls	—	—	1,499	103.44/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,551	8
Bulls	—	—	1,910	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	2,197	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,190	77.30/cwt	74.00–79.00	920	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,203	90.51/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,089	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,299	84.39/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,096	104
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,453	63.23/cwt	60.00–66.00	919	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,004	118.78/cwt	102.00–127.00	1,193	17

This sale against other markets

Kansas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winter Livestock - Pratt, KS

Thu Feb 9, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Manhattan, KS (LS-DC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,198Last week 1,116Year ago 4,411

Slaughter CattleReceipts 157Last week 252Year ago 422

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 12Year ago 117

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	871	167.00	167.00
7	—	589	184.00–196.00	194.34
6	—	925	163.00	163.00
29	—	707	175.00–178.00	177.79
14	—	834	169.00–175.00	170.64
10	—	637	181.00–185.00	182.61
6	—	538	170.50–184.00	172.61
22	—	686	168.00–182.00	175.00
22	—	779	167.00–173.25	172.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	353	253.00	253.00
117	—	794	192.00–193.00	192.44
13	—	670	199.50	199.50
7	—	440	248.00	248.00
39	—	576	224.00–225.00	224.80
72	—	618	210.75	210.75
56	—	523	236.00–240.00	239.24
13	—	473	235.00–244.50	241.99
61	—	705	193.00–196.00	194.92
39	—	820	186.25	186.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	208.00–211.00	209.53
90	—	726	180.00–190.50	186.95
55	—	985	166.00–173.25	171.28
124	—	869	168.50–179.00	178.49
38	—	664	185.75–196.00	188.34
114	—	832	169.00–177.25	173.41
1	—	350	229.00	229.00
17	—	535	212.00–225.75	224.19
48	—	783	180.00–189.00	185.55
1	—	340	256.00	256.00
22	—	573	207.00–217.00	212.42
70	—	935	167.00–175.00	174.69
16	—	630	194.00–197.75	196.37
6	—	440	243.00	243.00
6	—	278	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	590	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	514	234.00–240.00	238.67
10	—	371	260.00	260.00
28	—	460	225.00–236.00	231.54
6	—	405	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	626	184.75	184.75
5	—	395	208.00	208.00
7	—	442	207.00–208.00	207.14
10	—	341	223.00	223.00
5	—	254	234.00	234.00
52	—	535	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	570	181.00–191.50	186.88
60	—	634	176.00–181.50	180.10
62	—	669	173.00–182.50	181.29
8	—	941	153.00–158.00	155.93
16	—	429	195.00–202.00	198.17
30	—	711	163.00–168.00	166.43
82	—	881	161.00–165.00	163.78
52	—	778	174.25–176.00	174.93
49	—	833	166.00–170.50	168.62
33	—	480	191.00–196.00	193.95
56	—	532	185.00–195.00	190.08
3	—	388	206.00	206.00
2	—	328	192.50–200.00	196.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	656	184.00	184.00
81	—	570	193.50–196.00	195.03
7	—	505	197.50	197.50
24	—	491	196.50–202.50	198.70
4	—	365	218.00	218.00
3	—	416	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	638	159.00	159.00
23	—	576	176.00–180.50	178.97
74	—	778	158.00–164.00	160.98
6	—	493	181.00	181.00
6	—	533	154.50	154.50
22	—	693	169.00–170.00	169.91
8	—	929	147.00–148.50	147.95
4	—	872	135.00	135.00
1	—	980	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	152.00	152.00
1	—	1,025	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	795	167.00	167.00
1	—	580	177.00	177.00
3	—	823	159.00	159.00
2	—	697	168.00	168.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,299	80.00–89.00	84.39
2	—	1,203	90.00–91.00	90.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,190	74.00–79.00	77.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,453	60.00–66.00	63.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,372	90.00–99.00	95.63
8	—	1,499	101.00–105.00	103.44
1	—	1,910	115.00	115.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,004	102.00–127.00	118.78

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.